I use to buy components from Distrelec. I found a new brand of tubes in Distrelec's new catalog. Those tubes where marked as TAD, I sow it with a magnifing lens, price looks good. Tubes are EL34, 6L6, EL84, KT88, 6550. Somebody knows this brand? And the quality? Any news? China, East Erope.....Mars?
Sincerely
Larry.
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Larry.
Nobody knows? Has anyone seen those tubes in the last Distrelec catalog? They looks pretty nice and the price is interesting, but......what about quality and origin?
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I known that some years ago, in Italy distrelec bought the whole stock of tubes from the German (and Bolzano too) firm Schuricht.
I guess tubes You saw are these, sort of rebranding very common also for Billington, JJ, Richardson etc..
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I guess tubes You saw are these, sort of rebranding very common also for Billington, JJ, Richardson etc..
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Hello Piergiorgio,
Have you seen those tubes? They look strong and bulky some have a strange "black grid". The price looks inviting.
I'm tempted to buy some KT88.....
Cheers
Larry.
Have you seen those tubes? They look strong and bulky some have a strange "black grid". The price looks inviting.
I'm tempted to buy some KT88.....
Cheers
Larry.
i gota pic up a few 6l6's next week ill pic up 4 tad's to see how thay sound😉
thay look well made.
http://www.thetubestore.com
http://www.thetubestore.com/tad.html
thay look well made.
http://www.thetubestore.com
http://www.thetubestore.com/tad.html
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Hello, everybody!
Thanks a lot for helping out.
Yes these are the tubes I was talking off.
You say made in Germany, so ..... they must be very good, or good or ...... what?
I downloaded the catalog. Lets see.
Thanks again.
Best regards
Larry.
Thanks a lot for helping out.
Yes these are the tubes I was talking off.
You say made in Germany, so ..... they must be very good, or good or ...... what?
I downloaded the catalog. Lets see.
Thanks again.
Best regards
Larry.
resident said:I don't think they're made in Germany.
Could they be made in east Germany, now Germany? Some ex USSR factory? I'm tempted by the look of heavy glass, gold plated grids, sockets, and the fine catalog, uh and the price too.
Regards
Larry.
> hmm there made in germany.
I'm sure that TAD shops the whole world and selects the best tubes from all suppliers to sell under the TAD brand. Same as Groove Tubes and several other trusted-brand marketers. Same as Realistic in the 1980s. Same as most "RCA" tubes in the 1960s-70s: RCA listed every tube type but only made about half in-house, contracting-out the rest. Today there are only a handful of tube factories, so you can guess where they come from. If TAD sells a lot of tubes, they can contract for a better (or cheaper) grade of tube than that factory makes for other distributors.
I'm sure that TAD shops the whole world and selects the best tubes from all suppliers to sell under the TAD brand. Same as Groove Tubes and several other trusted-brand marketers. Same as Realistic in the 1980s. Same as most "RCA" tubes in the 1960s-70s: RCA listed every tube type but only made about half in-house, contracting-out the rest. Today there are only a handful of tube factories, so you can guess where they come from. If TAD sells a lot of tubes, they can contract for a better (or cheaper) grade of tube than that factory makes for other distributors.
TAD tests, sorts and rebrands Chinese tubes (from the Shuguang factory, IIRC). The do a good job of it, too. I haven't heard of any quality issues with the tubes they sell.
For what it's worth, their short-bottle 6L6 has been very well received for guitar amps. Very nice tone.
For what it's worth, their short-bottle 6L6 has been very well received for guitar amps. Very nice tone.
I have both versions (matched quartets), the GE-Style 6L6WGC-STR and the RCA-style 6L6GC-STR. The two versions have excellent quality and they sound better than the original tubes in my Audio Note P2SE amplifier.
Hello all,
thanks a lot for information, this conforts me. A better quality supplyer is better than straggle around to find tubes not allways of a good quality.
In the catalog there is a full list of tubes and their origin, perhaps China, JJ, Sovtek etc... but, the most interesting are the power ones with stronger glass and gold plated pins and grids, black anodes and so on...
They have also a lot of parts like sockets, for 807 too. I made four sockets for my last amplifier becouse I couldn't find them. It took me about six months of after dinner working, now they are unique in the world, but at first, I had preffered to buy them.
Thanks again for helping out,
cheers
Larry.
thanks a lot for information, this conforts me. A better quality supplyer is better than straggle around to find tubes not allways of a good quality.
In the catalog there is a full list of tubes and their origin, perhaps China, JJ, Sovtek etc... but, the most interesting are the power ones with stronger glass and gold plated pins and grids, black anodes and so on...
They have also a lot of parts like sockets, for 807 too. I made four sockets for my last amplifier becouse I couldn't find them. It took me about six months of after dinner working, now they are unique in the world, but at first, I had preffered to buy them.
Thanks again for helping out,
cheers
Larry.
well i finally picked up 2 sets for my old bogen amps. some things
i noticed was the quality is as good as the original 6l6gb or better.
the tube filament wires are a thinner wire than the 6l6gb so startup time is way faster and the amps do run a little cooler than before. with the old 6l6gb tubes there was alot of loose base.
this tube has real Tight base lots more detail in the music.
all in all mholz was right in saying there good for guitar amps.
and there still good for the vintage amps to😀
i noticed was the quality is as good as the original 6l6gb or better.
the tube filament wires are a thinner wire than the 6l6gb so startup time is way faster and the amps do run a little cooler than before. with the old 6l6gb tubes there was alot of loose base.
this tube has real Tight base lots more detail in the music.
all in all mholz was right in saying there good for guitar amps.
and there still good for the vintage amps to😀
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I don't think they're made in Germany.
I agreed, their not made in Germany, their made under contract by Shuguang or so I’m told! 🙄
TAD 'premium matched' tubes are tested and matched for cathode current and transconductance. I have tested and matched hundreds of tubes myself (mainly EL84 and EL34) with excellent results.
oh..... I thought TubeAmpDoctor used all kinds of brands, new or NOS... relabelled, matched or 'selected'
or maybe they do it both ways
TAD by Shuguang.
The TAD KT 88 is made by Shuguang of China, to TAD spec.
The giveaway is the ring round the bottom of the base plus the tags on the upper mica.
The 12AX7 is also a Shuguang valve, see the double top mica & chrome clip around the plates, dead giveaway!
The EL34 is also Shuguang, same internals/base.
Cant say about other TAD tubes, but very likely Shuguang, too cheap to be made anywhere else! 🙂
The TAD KT 88 is made by Shuguang of China, to TAD spec.
The giveaway is the ring round the bottom of the base plus the tags on the upper mica.
The 12AX7 is also a Shuguang valve, see the double top mica & chrome clip around the plates, dead giveaway!
The EL34 is also Shuguang, same internals/base.
Cant say about other TAD tubes, but very likely Shuguang, too cheap to be made anywhere else! 🙂
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